More specifically, the question that a friend and I were discussing recently was:
“Are emergency rooms required to treat all patients? … whether or not they have insurance?”
I said “yes” but decided to fact-check my answer.
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Here’s what I found…
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Are emergency rooms required to treat all patients?
April 12, 2017Remember how ObamaCare was going to divert patients from ERs to doctors’ offices?
April 11, 2017Turns out that the number of people flocking to ERs is increasing, not decreasing.
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According to the Louisville Courier-Journal:
One of ObamaCare’s goals was to reduce pressure on emergency rooms by expanding Medicaid and giving poor people better access to primary care.
Instead, many hospitals across the nation are seeing a surge of those newly insured Medicaid patients walking into emergency rooms.
Nationally, nearly half of ER doctors responding to a recent poll by the American College of Emergency Physicians said they’ve seen more visits since ObamaCare was enacted.
That’s a problem since an average ER visit costs $580 more than a trip to the doctor’s office.
Why’s this happening?
Remember how ObamaCare was going to divert patients from ERs to doctors’ offices?
March 10, 2017Turns out that the number of people flocking to ERs is increasing, not decreasing.
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According to the Louisville Courier-Journal:
One of ObamaCare’s goals was to reduce pressure on emergency rooms by expanding Medicaid and giving poor people better access to primary care.
Instead, many hospitals across the nation are seeing a surge of those newly insured Medicaid patients walking into emergency rooms.
Nationally, nearly half of ER doctors responding to a recent poll by the American College of Emergency Physicians said they’ve seen more visits since ObamaCare was enacted.
That’s a problem since an average ER visit costs $580 more than a trip to the doctor’s office.
Why’s this happening?
Are emergency rooms required to treat all patients?
June 18, 2014More specifically, the question that a friend and I were discussing after yesterday’s post was:
“Are emergency rooms required to treat all patients? … whether or not they have insurance?”
I said “yes” but decided to fact-check my answer.
“.
Here’s what I found…
More patients flocking to ERs…
June 17, 2014According to the Louisville Courier-Journal:
One of ObamaCare’s goals was to reduce pressure on emergency rooms by expanding Medicaid and giving poor people better access to primary care.
Instead, many hospitals across the nation are seeing a surge of those newly insured Medicaid patients walking into emergency rooms.
Nationally, nearly half of ER doctors responding to a recent poll by the American College of Emergency Physicians said they’ve seen more visits since Jan. 1.
That’s a problem since an average ER visit costs $580 more than a trip to the doctor’s office.
Why’s this happening?
Are emergency rooms required to treat all patients?
April 30, 2014More specifically, the question that a friend and I were discussing recently was:
“Are emergency rooms required to treat all patients? … whether or not they have insurance?”
I said “yes” but decided to fact-check my answer.
“.
Here’s what I found…
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